Kate Kretz

About the Artist

Kate Kretz earned a Cours De La Civilisation Francaise certificate at The Sorbonne, a BFA at SUNY Binghamton (SUNY Foundation Award for Excellence in Fine Arts, Harpur College Departmental Honors in Art, & Harpur College Academic Honors) and her MFA at the University of Georgia. Kretz’s work has appeared in over 95 international newspapers and has been featured repeatedly in the New York Times, The Washington Post, The Miami Herald, The Huffington Post, The Atlanta Journal/Constitution, ArtPapers, Surface Design and Hyperallergic, as well as appearing in Esquire, Vanity Fair Italy, ELLE Japon, and PASAJES DISENO magazines.   Exhibitions include the Museum of Arts & Design in NYC, Van Gijn Museum, Kunstraum Kreuzberg, Academy of Arts & Design at Tsinghua University in Beijing, Racine Museum, Wignall Museum, Katonah Museum, Frost Art Museum, Fort Collins MOCA, Telfair Museum, Fort Lauderdale Museum, San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, as well as Lyons Wier Ortt & 31Grand Gallery in NY, Hardcore Art Contemporary Space in Miami, and Packer/Schopf in Chicago. She’s received three MD Arts Council grants (in both Crafts & Painting), the NC Arts Council Grant, The South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship, Florida Visual Arts Fellowship, and a Millay Colony Residency. She recently received the SECAC award for Outstanding Artistic Achievement, and she is a Fulbright Specialist, and a James Renwick Alliance’s 2020 Distinguished Artist. She’s currently writing a book on visual voice. She was an Associate Professor at Florida International University for ten years, and currently teaches part-time at Montgomery College.